Written as part of our performance at Birmingham REP in July 2024, the song "Love is How we Rebel!" has quickly become something of a theme song for Stories of Hope and Home.
I am deep in the desert, that stretches on forever
Left to face it all alone
Isolated from all I know
A stranger where I’ve come from, a stranger here too
Innocent, but a scapegoat
And here I wait and wait and wait
But when we refuse to be divided
When we learn we’re not alone
Then there is starlight in the darkness
Water flowing in the desert,
And blue skies after the storm.
So come together as one family
Give each other strength
We are more than their labels,
Than barriers in our way
And this is love, and love is how we rebel
I am lost in the darkness, that turns the whole world black
Trying to find my way
In a language I can’t speak
No-one willing to explain, no-one wanting to listen
Everything is out of control
And they say just wait and wait and wait
But when we refuse to be divided
When we learn we’re not alone
Then there is starlight in the darkness
Water flowing in the desert,
And blue skies after the storm.
So come together as one family
Give each other strength
We are more than their labels,
Than barriers in our way
And this is love, and love is how we rebel
I am trapped in the storm, that rages all around me
I shake with fear and cold
Dehumanised and silenced
I struggle to keep going, I struggle to not give up
My heart is full of questions
As I wait and wait and wait
But when we refuse to be divided
When we learn we’re not alone
Then there is starlight in the darkness
Water flowing in the desert,
And blue skies after the storm.
So come together as one family
Give each other strength
We are more than their labels,
Than barriers in our way
And this is love, and love is how we rebel
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